Luke Brooke-Smith, an 18-year-old footballer from New Zealand, requires surgery after sustaining a dislocated ankle and a fractured fibula during a training session with Portsmouth. The injury occurred weeks into his career with the English side following a freak accident at the club’s training ground. Portsmouth Responds to Training Ground Incident According to Portsmouth coach … Read more
Katalyst Space continues to operate its Link spacecraft in orbit to gather critical flight experience for future satellite servicing missions, despite abandoning plans to reboost a NASA gamma-ray observatory due to attitude control issues, according to company chief executive Ghonhee Lee. Reaction Wheel Failures Force Mission Redesign The Link spacecraft, launched in July, lost two … Read more
Katalyst Space Technologies is working to stabilize its Link spacecraft following a post-launch “multi-axis spin” that threatened the mission’s ability to service the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory. According to the company, controllers successfully reduced the satellite’s body rate from 9 degrees per second to 1.47 degrees per second using electric thrusters, preserving fuel for the … Read more